Diary and Letter by Robert Barnfield on a voyage from London to Auckland on board the clipper ship NORTHUMBERLAND

Diary and letter describing a voyage by Robert Barnfield from London to Auckland, New Zealand on board the clipper ship Northumberland operated by Shaw, Savill and Albion Compand Ltd. Diary contains a plan `New Zealand Passengers Line of Packets: Plan of the Saloon Accomodation of the Magnificent Clipper Ship Northumberland, 2170 Tons Register'. Contains numerous pencil sketches of the ship, ship personnel and places visited including a self portrait on first page.

Object Details

ID: JOD/271
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1883-1884
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 volume, 1 letter
Parts: Journals and Diaries (Manuscript)